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What exactly was the "Curse of Canaan" all about? The LORD GOD had made Garments of
skin for Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden -GENESIS 3: 21. As a birthright of the first-
born these Garments were passed on down to Noah:
…”And the garments of skin which God made for Adam and his wife, when they went out of
the garden, were given to Cush. For after the death of Adam and his wife, the garments were
given to Enoch, the son of Jared, and when Enoch was taken up to God, he gave them to
Methuselah, his son. And at the death of Methuselah, Noah took them and brought them to
the ark, and they were with him until he went out of the ark”... -BOOK OF JASHER 7: 24-26
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consider -GENESIS 9: 20-25 which reads as follows...
..."And Noah began to till the ground; and he planted a vineyard; And he drank of it's wine,
and became drunk; and he was uncovered within his tent. AND HAM, THE FATHER OF
CANAAN SAW THE NAKENESS OF HIS FATHER"...
One day when Noah was drunk, Ham took the garments of skin from Noah and hid them
from his brothers. When Ham’s first son Cush was born Ham gave the garments of skin to
him:
…”And in their going out, Ham stole those garments from Noah his father, and he took them
and hid them from his brothers. And when Ham begat his first born Cush, he gave him the
garments in secret, and they were with Cush many days”... -BOOK OF JASHER 7: 27-28
Let's Continue:
..."And he told his two brothers outside. And Shem and Japheth took a mantle and laid it
upon both their shoulders and walked backward and covered the nakedness of their father;
and their faces were turned away and they did not see their father's nakedness. WHEN
NOAH AWOKE FROM HIS WINE, AND KNEW WHAT HIS YOUNGER SON HAD DONE TO
HIM"...
Please Take Note: ..."AND KNEW WHAT HIS YOUNGER SON HAD DONE TO HIM"...
Let's Continue:
..."HE SAID CURSED BE CANAAN; A SLAVE OF SLAVES HE WILL BE TO HIS
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..."HE SAID CURSED BE CANAAN; A SLAVE OF SLAVES HE WILL BE TO HIS
BROTHERS"...
Now, why did Noah curse Canaan when it was HAM who actually SAW HIS NAKENESS???
HAM saw the Nakeness of his father Noah (which is to say that HAM commited a sexual act).
In the -GENESIS 9: 20-25 narrative more is being said than an initial impression would
indicate. The notion of NAKEDNESS in the Holy Bible has a broader meaning than it does
normally!
..."The NAKEDNESS of your father's wife you shall not uncover; IT IS YOUR FATHER'S
NAKEDNESS"... -LEVITICUS 18: 8
..."And a man who lies with his father's wife, who HAS UNCOVERED THE NAKEDNESS OF
HIS FATHER"... -LEVITICUS 20: 11
..."Cursed is he who lies with his father's wife, because he UNCOVERS HIS FATHER'S
SKIRT!"... -DEUTERONOMY 27: 20
The above Scriptures could imply that the person compromised in -GENESIS 9: 20-25 was
Noah's wife (Emzara). However, notice the following Scripture which seems to widen the
application of the definition of one's NAKEDNESS. Please now consider -LEVITICUS 18: 10
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-GENESIS 9: 20-25 has never ever really been clearly understood. Bible teachers and
commentaries rightly condemned Ham. But however they never really explain why Canaan,
and not HAM, was cursed! The Masoretic genealogical text does not even count Canaan
(Cainan) as a son of Sham (Sem/Shem). But the Septuagint (LXX) genealogical text does.
WHY???
I will now give the untold reason and correct explaination which will fully answer such
questions. It seems very unlikely that HAM would have been attracted to his own mother
(Emzara), but a younger daughter (a grand-daughter, or great grand-daugther) or inlaw of
Noah was evidently living with Noah and his wife (Emzara). In summary, it happened that a
woman related to Noah (surely Rasueja the wife of Arphaxad) was uncovered and then
subsequently became compromised by HAM. Noah being drunk was unable to prevent this
transgression. HAM, also secretly took the birthright garments of skin that were passed down
from God. Shem and Japheth acted TO COVER THE NAKEDNESS ..."Their faces were
turned away and they did not see their father's nakedness"...
How is this linked to -GENESIS 10: 24 of the Septuagint (LXX); -LUKE 3: 35-36 of the
New Testament (NT), and to -JUBILEES 8: 1-6 of the Book of Jubilees (BOJ)
genealogies? By connecting the -GENESIS 9: 20-25 account with the Canaan context of -
GENESIS 10: 24 of the Septuagint (LXX); -LUKE 3: 35-36 of the New Testament (NT);
together with -JUBILEES 8: 1-9 of the Book of Jubilees (BOJ) genealogies, all tells us
that CANAAN (Cainan/Kainam) got cursed by Noah as a result of some sexual act that HAM
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his father had commited at Noah's home, while Noah was drunk! And that HAM FATHERED
A SON as a result of it!
Was merely documenting that SHELAH (Sala/Shalah) was the son of CAINAN (Kainam) who
was acknowledged as THE SON of ARPHAXAD (Arpachshad) who was acknowledgede as
THE FATHER of CAINAN (Kainam).
When Noah finally realized that RASUEJA, his grand-daughter inlaw (who was evidently
living with Noah), was big with child by his son HAM, he then called the future child CANAAN
and put a prophetic curse of slavery on him and his descendants, instead of administering
the death penalty to HAM and RASUEJA for the sin committed. Why does the name CAINAN
(Kainam) appear in -GENESIS 11: 10-13 of the Septuagint (LXX); -LUKE 3: 35-36 of the
New Testament (NT); and in -JUBILEES 8: 1-6 of the Book Of Jubilees (BOJ)
genealogies?
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The
The name
name CAINAN (Kainam) was actually
CANAAN means: Servant the original
of servants, name which
a name of the was
youngest
infact son of HAM.
prophetically
given to him by his grand-father, Noah, after the -GENESIS 9: 20-25 incident. This
clarification of -GENESIS 11: 10-13 of the Septuagint (LXX); -LUKE 3: 35-36 of the New
Testament (NT); and -JUBILEES 8: 1-6 of the Book Of Jubilees (BOJ) genealogies, also
extends the breadth of the meaning of the word FATHERED. It shows that the word can be in
reference to:
2.) A male parent who raised the child (i.e. A Non Blood-Line parent)
4.) A father-in-law.
This awareness of the meaning of the term FATHER assists one in understanding some of
the other discrepancies that can be seen in recorded genealogies.
REFLECTION :
The reason for ..."the son of CAINAN (Kainam)"... in -GENESIS 11: 10-13 of the
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Septuagint (LXX); -LUKE 3: 35-36 of the New Testament (NT); and in -JUBILEES 8: 1-5
of the Book Of Jubilees (BOJ) genealogies, was actually to bring us to a understanding of
the events which resulted in the prophetic cursing of CANAAN -GENESIS 9: 25, and of his
descendants into slavery (servitude) -GENESIS 15: 13-14. CANAAN (Cainan/Kainam), who
was actually of Hamitic lineage, was doubtlessly the ONLY male figure at the time
ARPHAXAD (Arpachshad), who was of Shemitic lineage, had to build his family name
through. CAINAN (Kainam/Canaan) was recorded as one of the sons of Shem in the
genealogical text of the Septuagint (LXX):
..."Sons of Sem, Elam, and Assur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, AND CAINAN"... -
GENESIS 10: 22 [Septuagint LXX]
CAINAN (Kainam/Canaan) was acknowledged as a son of Shem. But because CAINAN
(Kainam/Canaan) was ethnically of Hamitic lineage and not of Shemitic lineage, his name
has been left out of the genealogical tables of the Masoretic Text (MT) of the Holy Bible,
and so, CAINAN (Kainam/Canaan) was not counted as a son of Shem or as a son of
Arphaxad in it. So, CAINAN (Kainam/Canaan) was prophetically cursed by Noah because of
the sin of his father HAM.
…”And Cush also concealed them from his sons and brothers, and when Cush had begotten
Nimrod, he gave him those garments through his love for him, and Nimrod grew up, and
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when
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in the earth, yea, he was a mighty hunter in the field, and he hunted the animals and he built
altars, and he offered upon them the animals before the Lord. And Nimrod strengthened
himself, and he rose up from amongst his brethren, and he fought the battles of his brethren
against all their enemies round about. And the Lord delivered all the enemies of his brethren
in his hands, and God prospered him from time to time in his battles, and he reigned upon
earth. Therefore it became current in those days, when a man ushered forth those that he
had trained up for battle, he would say to them, Like God did to Nimrod, who was a mighty
hunter in the earth, and who succeeded in the battles that prevailed against his brethren, that
he delivered them from the hands of their enemies, so may God strengthen us and deliver us
this day”... -BOOK OF JASHER 7: 29-33
Nimrod (the Greek form is "Nebrod" ) was the father of Azurad, who was the wife of Eber.
Azurad the daughter of Nimrod was the mother of Peleg. So Nimrod was an ancestor of
AbraHam, and so of all Hebrews (Abarim):
…”[And in the fourth year he was born], and Shelah grew up and took to himself a wife, and
her name was Muak, the daughter of Kesed, his father's brother, in the one and thirtieth
jubilee, in the fifth week, in the first year thereof. And she bare him a son in the fifth year
thereof, and he called his name Eber: and he took unto himself a wife, and her name was
Azurad, the daughter of Nebrod (Nimrod), in the thirty-second jubilee, in the seventh week, in
the third year thereof. And in the sixth year thereof, she bare him a son, and he called his
name Peleg; for in the days when he was born the children of Noah began to divide the earth
amongst themselves: for this reason he called his name Peleg. And they divided it secretly
amongst themselves, and told it to Noah”... -THE BOOK OF JUBILEES 8: 6-9
NOAH
Emzara
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ARPACHSHAD
Rasueja
CUSH
GOMER Qarnabil CAINAN/CANAAN
MAGOG Semiramis Melka
MADAI Hept Ishtar Arsal
JAVAN Milcah
TUBAL NIMROD (Zauja-e-Hud bin 'Abdullah)
MESHECH Semiramis
(Sarpanitu) SHELACH
TIRAS Hept Ishtar
BATAWIL Sugka EBER
Bakht Azurad Azurad
(Azura) (Azura)
Qarnabil
Arsal Nebrod
PELEG
MITZRAIM YOKTAN
Isis
PHUT
Bakht
ABRAHAM
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CANAAN/CAINAN
Melka
Arsal
Milcah
(Zauja-e-Hud bin 'Abdullah)
EGYPTUS
LIBYA
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